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Some 600,000 French students who are in their last year of high school are wondering if they're going to be able to receive their diplomas because of striking teachers.

In France, teachers are responsible for organizing "Baccalauréat" exams, which students must take and pass if they hope to go on to an institution of higher education.

Teachers, who have been on strike for almost a month, had threatened to boycott the exams. But the first exam, philosophy, took place with their assistance, as scheduled, on June 12. Teachers now warn that they might give high marks to every student upon grading the tests. Should they do so, the exams...